Study Desk

Instead, they roam the hills, searching for pastureland.

Would a wild ox agree to live in your barn and labor for you?

She treats her eggs as though they were not her own, unconcerned that her work might be for nothing.

Did you teach hawks to fly south for the winter?

Will it beg for mercy?

Will it surrender as a slave for life?

Can it be tied by the leg like a pet bird for little girls?

Is it ever chopped up and its pieces bargained for in the fish-market?

And if it is too fierce for anyone to attack, who would dare oppose me?

The Lord said to Eliphaz: What my servant Job has said about me is true, but I am angry at you and your two friends for not telling the truth.

So I want you to go over to Job and offer seven bulls and seven goats on an altar as a sacrifice to please me. After this, Job will pray, and I will agree not to punish you for your foolishness.

After Job had prayed for his three friends, the Lord made Job twice as rich as he had been before.

Then Job gave a feast for his brothers and sisters and for his old friends. They expressed their sorrow for the suffering the Lord had brought on him, and they each gave Job some silver and a gold ring.

Job lived for another one hundred forty years—long enough to see his great-grandchildren have children of their own—

Ask me for the nations, and every nation on earth will belong to you.

(A psalm by David for the music leader. Use stringed instruments.) You are my God and protector. Please answer my prayer. I was in terrible distress, but you set me free. Now have pity and listen as I pray.

(A psalm by David for the music leader. Use flutes.) Listen, Lord , as I pray! Pay attention when I groan.

You are my King and my God. Answer my cry for help because I pray to you.

Each morning you listen to my prayer, as I bring my requests to you and wait for your reply.

Nothing they say is true! They just want to destroy. Their words are deceitful like a hidden pit, and their tongues are good only for telling lies.